The Big Annemessex River is a
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
, accessed April 1, 2011 tributary
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of the
Chesapeake Bay
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on the
Delmarva Peninsula
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.
It rises in
Kingston,
Somerset County,
Maryland
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, and flows roughly southwest about in a meandering pattern, then widens into an
estuary
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and continues about to the bay, near
Janes Island State Park. Tributaries include Annemessex Creek, Holland Creek, Hall Creek, Muddy Creek, Colbourn Creek, Jones Creek and Daugherty Creek.
The river is spanned once by River Road, a residential county road far from any population center. The Annemessex Creek upstream, however, is spanned by
Maryland Route 413.
There is also a
Little Annemessex River
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; the city of
Crisfield rests upon its shores.
See also
*
List of rivers of Maryland
List of rivers of Maryland (U.S. state).
The list is arranged by drainage basin from east to west, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name and ordered from downstream to upstream.
By drainage basin
Delaware River
* ...
References
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Tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay
Rivers of Maryland
Rivers of Somerset County, Maryland